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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 7:05 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 677 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 072329 RRA
SVRMPX
WIC107-080000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0055.050607T2330Z-050608T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
630 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 624 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES
  WEST OF LADYSMITH...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LADYSMITH...
  BRUCE...
  GLEN FLORA...
  HAWKINS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4555 9139 4537 9140 4539 9072 4557 9072

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 080005
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
704 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC107-080014-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-050608T0000Z/
RUSK WI-
704 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700
PM CDT...

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN THE CONRATH...LADYSMITH...AND ISLAND LAKE 
AREAS...ALTHOUGH THEY ARE BELOW SEVERE LEVELS AT THIS TIME. THESE 
STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA 
WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION 
FOR POSSIBLE FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4555 9139 4537 9140 4539 9072 4557 9072

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix45 min
Jun 7, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce34 min
Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk43 min
Jun 7, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron53 min
Jun 7, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron27 min
Jun 7, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn48 min
Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn25 min
Jun 7, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron35 min
Jun 7, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce66 min
Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn45 min
Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk55 min
Jun 7, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa67 min
Jun 7, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa40 min
Jun 7, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron50 min
Jun 7, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn28 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire57 min
Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa30 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.